Alondra Nelson on Against the Grain

By Sasha Lilley

Against the Grain

April 08, 2012

Nelson_Body cover Alondra Nelson talks to Sasha Lilley about the little known history of the Black Panther's medical activism, from setting up free clinics to genetic screening for sickle cell anemia.

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